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haha! quite good man.

----------- I would say he's improved quit a bit though since his initial captaincy days. He's a lot more focused on the SC now and determined. The alarm clock situation was a bit of a face palm lol. I do hope he wins a cup sometime in his career. Just not anytime soon as I want Datsyuk to get one before he heads to Russia

Nah the SC comment was a set up. My point is while Ovie is one of the best, that doesn't necessarily mean he's an amazing captain. If we judged captains to be based off purely stats or even skills for that matter then technically a lot of players who are captains shouldn't be captains. There's more to it can just being amazing at your position. I guess it's not like Washington has many options between him and Backstrom. But put any of our top guys on that team and Ovie wouldn't be a C. I'm surprised people don't remember the 2012 bomb shell he dropped to the media when he accused the Capitals of having "locker room jealousy". He also didn't handle his relations well with previous coaches. And quite often didn't have a filter on his mouth on camera. That's a bit of drama you don't want a captain starting/getting involved in, and doesn't set up a good environment for your teammates. I'll give an example. It's somewhat known NOW that Zetterberg and Babcock didn't get along. After Babcock left, Z basically told the media "yeah it was time for him to go and I thank him for his years here". Did we see Z ever throw a fit? Act unprofessional? No. We didn't even know there was any issue and even now we're not 100% sure. Why? Because if there was any issue, it was handled professionally without any cause for drama. When Bruce Boudreau benched Ovie. Ovie called him a "Fat F****" and got caught on camera doing so. Not sure about you, but I'd rather have a prospect learn to lead from The Beard than from Ovie. Wouldn't want Larkin calling Blashill a Bald F*** during a game. xD

I think we'll win this cuz we have the better Swedes.

Fire blashill if we lose. Okay I'm kidding don't write me a damn poem.

every time you say this.. my head replies "at the disco"

I know, i guess he was terrible. And think of poor Shane Doan. He's not even a goal scorer. He's must be the worst captain in the league.

Rick Zomboed

Now if only all these stats could translate into a stanley cup...If we're using this way of determining who is captain then Fedorov not Yzerman should've been our captain for a good while there.

Only in Detroit, Michigan. --- The good news is certain players who played crappy in previous games played better tonight

You can't really make that comparison. Not only was that a different team but there's also the fact that this isn't the Lidstrom era. This is the Zetterberg era. An era where criticisms are made, and you gotta call it like it is. http://thehockeywriters.com/red-wings-respond-to-captains-criticism-in-statement-win/ ^ He was blunt to the team, called it like it was, and they came back for a win. It's one thing to be a debbie downer. But an entirely different thing to be critical, hoping for improvement. As fans or as actual players. It's completely appropriate to be critical after 4 losses.

I sure hope that Blashil isn't the type of coach nor Z or Kronner are the type of leaders that say "Relax we've only played 7 games" Upward trend guys, stagnation isn't going to get you wins. There is cause for concern and Blashill , Z and rest of gang know it too.

And after 3 losses we weren't hungry?

I think he was joking hah.

Like it or not, Blashill will be under scrutiny in a couple of games if this keeps up. Just as other teams coaches like Bruce Boudraeu are.

That's not a bold prediction my friend. The bold prediction is if they make it!

First we lose to Edmonton. Now to Calgary.

Nervous

Lol didn't Dan Cleary score career high goals when he was Zetterberg's wing ? No wait maybe it was with Helm.

Thats about all he does

LOL did i just witness Zetterberg come to the rescue of Abdelkader after being shoved by Giordino. Smith sounds like such a kid when he talks haha. "I think that's really cool" Wise words from a 26 year old.

Nah patented miller block

Smith sucks

Good backcheck by Z Lol why is everyone waiting to shoot

What.------ I will never get used to osgood being so bad as a color analyst